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SMO0010.1177/2050312116661683SAGE Open MedicineAcer et al.
SAGE Open Medicine
Original Article
Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and retinal vessel calibers in children with thalassemia minor
SAGE Open Medicine Volume 4: 1–5 © The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/2050312116661683 smo.sagepub.com
Semra Acer1, Yasemin I Balcı2, Gökhan Pekel1, Tuğba T Ongun1, Aziz Polat2, Ebru N Çetin1 and Ramazan Yağcı1
Abstract Objectives: Evaluation of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and retinal vessel caliber measurements in children with thalassemia minor. Methods: In this cross-sectional and comparative study, 30 thalassemia minor patients and 36 controls were included. Heidelberg spectral domain optical coherence tomography was used for peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and retinal vessel caliber measurements. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and subfoveal choroidal thickness between the two groups (p > 0.05). There was no correlation between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and hemoglobin values. Both the arterioral and venular calibers were higher in thalassemia minor group (p
SMO0010.1177/2050312116661683SAGE Open MedicineAcer et al.
SAGE Open Medicine
Original Article
Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and retinal vessel calibers in children with thalassemia minor
SAGE Open Medicine Volume 4: 1–5 © The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/2050312116661683 smo.sagepub.com
Semra Acer1, Yasemin I Balcı2, Gökhan Pekel1, Tuğba T Ongun1, Aziz Polat2, Ebru N Çetin1 and Ramazan Yağcı1
Abstract Objectives: Evaluation of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and retinal vessel caliber measurements in children with thalassemia minor. Methods: In this cross-sectional and comparative study, 30 thalassemia minor patients and 36 controls were included. Heidelberg spectral domain optical coherence tomography was used for peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and retinal vessel caliber measurements. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and subfoveal choroidal thickness between the two groups (p > 0.05). There was no correlation between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and hemoglobin values. Both the arterioral and venular calibers were higher in thalassemia minor group (p
